Country Nicaragua Area 3,449 km² Local time Thursday 8:21 PM | Climate Am Founded 1982 Population 23,284 (2005) | |
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Department South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Weather 24°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
La Cruz de Río Grande is a municipality in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. According to the 2005 census, the population of La Cruz de Rio Grande was 3,000. It gets its name from the Rio Grande de Matagalpa which flows through it.
Map of La Cruz De Rio Grande, Nicaragua
The town was founded in 1922 by Chinese traders to serve workers from a banana plantation further upriver.
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La Cruz de Río Grande Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA